RE: DONE script enclosed: shell script to compare nos.

2001-04-11 Thread Steve Adams
Hi Raja, I have not been following this thread until now, but the assumption that each minor point number will be two digits rather than one may not be valid. Also, if your objective is to do it entirely in the shell, consider using IFS to avoid the cut as follows. #!/bin/sh

RE: DONE script enclosed: shell script to compare nos.

2001-04-11 Thread Steve Adams
Hi Raja, Yes, IFS stand for the "Internal Field Separator". It is a special shell variable in Bourne based shells. See the sh(1) man page for more information about it. @ Regards, @ Steve Adams @ http://www.ixora.com.au/ @ http://www.christianity.net.au/ -Original Message-